One more shot of this rare marshmallow moment The sun lazily rises to the horizon setting the haze afire A young cyclist stops in her stride amazed by the show The seconds it lasts sink into our memory but the colors won’t last If it was not for the pictures the the spectacular show would […]
What it takes to rise the London crowds Is a rave and spirit deprivation But freedom has many pennants Or should we say standards Freedom is like water It has no colors and it flows You may hold it or contain it or a while But in time it will always elude capture Photo Hugh […]
The colors come as an avalanche Words spill like a flash flood Distant woes find their voice In a dwindling freedom of expression Caveat emptor… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Parading in bright colored feathers Icebreaker and heart broker Young bird of paradise A toast on the lips And a drink in the hand From the Venus in Furs To the Venus in Feathers The same always suffer Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
The one who chews and the one who talks Size, colors and attire make the differences More than mirror resemblances, Differences bring people together Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Young black beauty makes the sum of all colors As the rainbow has been diverted for some other purpose And white is where colors all disappear into nothingness She turns to the camera with an annoyed dissing pout But beauty must thankfully pay the price for this grace Considering the burden of the alternative option […]
The writing on the road may tell the bus to stop But buses can’t read and no bus will ever stop And the dancers keep twerking and tailgating The street is filled with screams music and colors A surrealist dream is slowly filling your mind Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
As the day grows hotter and wilder Birds of stranger paradise start a mating dance A flutter of colors and polyester feathers Very rare sight for the old ornithologist I am Could easily provoke the viewer’s cardiac arrest Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery